Pentathlon

Fun thing about Pentathlon meets is the kids all swim the same 5 events, so they get to swim events that are not their normal area of competitions.  Eric competed in his first ever butterfly, and successfully finished a breast stroke w/o getting DQ'd (only previous time in the breast stroke was last year's pentathlon).  He did awesome in the 100 Fly-only ~1.5 seconds of from short course state qualifying, and  little over 7 seconds off for HS state qualifying.  Not sure he will be convinced to do it again, though!

meet #2

Eric's 2nd meet was an invite held at BSC.  He competed in the 200 IM relay, 50 Free, 100 back, and 400 Free Relay.  Points placed in all 4 events, and qualified for state in his 2 individual events!

 qualified in the 100 back as well!

 Eric's reaction to his coach confirming he qualified for state in the 50 Free!  Eric looked at the time in the adjacent lane by mistake, so didn't think he made it.  

hoops vs St Mary's

J got a lot of play time in the 2nd half of the JV game-had 11 points!  Sophomores won-scored 99!  J had 22 points, 10 rebounds, some blocks, steals, and assists. 

Williston Sprint meet

Eric's first swim meet of the season was in Williston.  It was a cool pool-all natural lighting.  And narrow bulkheads for timers/start blocks!
He missed a state qualifying time in the 50 Free by 0.42 seconds, and had a PR in the 50 back (not a state event for HS swimming).
7 hours of driving for a 2 hour swim meet.  And worth it!

vs BHS

Sophomores played BHS yesterday.  Always a good match up.  Braves lead the entire game.  BHS got close late in the 2nd half, but we still won by 4 points!  I think Jonathan had 15 points or so, and a beauty of blocked shot.  He got some JV minutes in as well.

vs WF Sheyenne

The '18-19 basketball season started yesterday with a non-conference match up with WF Sheyenne.  The Sophomores trailed all of the first half, but pulled within 2 at halftime.  Jayce started scoring in the 2nd half with a 3, that gave them the lead for the remainder of the game, and we won by double digits.  These boys never quit!  Jonathan had 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 foul, and 2 turnovers.  strong start to the season!

turkey trot

One month to the day after our 3rd half marathon of the year, Eric and I had fun at the Turkey Trot!  I ran the 5K with Tyler and Jess.  Eric recruited his swim buddy Riley to run the 10K. He knocked over 5 minutes off his time!  Always a fun tradition.